Codebreakers were very important during WWII, but it's only recently that we've started to uncover what it was really like being a World War II codebreaker.
Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics," later published in his collection titled I, Robot, are still used as a template for ethics in the field of robotics.
Fear of the ocean is called thalassophobia. It can be so strong in some people that even walking on a beach or driving by the ocean can trigger panic attacks.
In 1993, three teenagers from West Memphis, Arkansas, went to prison for the murders of three eight-year-old boys whose bodies were found in the woods.
What is it really like eating dinner with a rock star? Do they get riled up and fling food all over the place like it's an expensive guitar? Table manners?
The discovery+ network will debut a new after-show series premiering on February 14. Podcaster and true crime show producer Alexis Linkletter will be hosting.
When it comes to mermaids, most people probably think of Ariel. Not enough of us are thinking about Lí Ban, the sixth century Mermaid Saint of Ireland.
Phobias "provoke excessive and persistent fear" and affect around 10 percent of people in the United States. Fear of heights is one of the more common phobias.
The mystery of the bodies found around Gilgo Beach continues to haunt Long Island. What's the real reason the Long Island serial killer murders remain unsolved?
Gorilla Glue is a brand of strong adhesive (they also make a type of super glue) and is absolutely not formulated for hair. Not all glues are created equal.
Rioting over Macbeth and William Shakespeare? That's right: The Scottish play once sparked a riot that killed 22 people and lit a class war in New York City.
Beyond the contemporary functional application of the census, it also offers a phenomenal glimpse into hundreds of millions of lives throughout history.
After 638 failures by the CIA, "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal," Castro liked to tell interviewers.
"The teetotalers were flogged into drinking; some who doggedly held out had liquor poured into their mouths through funnels, and were (taken) to prison..."
The country of Chile remembers to this day the legacy of a brutal serial killer from the 1600s who ruthlessly murdered her slaves, lovers, and her own father.
Before Jodi Arias killed Travis Alexander, she was in another relationship with another man, a relationship that painted a very different picture of her.
Armando Antonio Zacconi Corea, best known to the world as Chick Corea, was without a doubt one of the finest, most virtuosic, penultimate masters of his craft.
The World Series restarted after 1900 when the American League was established; the AL won in 1903, proving a worthy rival to the established National League.
Judas Priest was exonerated in August 1990 of hiding harmful subliminal messaging in their music, with the band themselves finding a way to win the case.
Less than two weeks after researchers presented evidence that the mysterious 1959 Dytlov Pass hiking incident had been solved, history may have repeated itself.
Restaurant worker Jack J. Wurm was walking along the beach near San Francisco when he noticed a bottle floating in the surf with a bit of paper tucked inside.
President Andrew Jackson, especially unpopular, experienced an attempt on his life when an unemployed house painter from England tried to shoot him in 1835.